10.15am - Bus to Cheltenham Town Hall
10.30am - St Mary de Lode
Featuring young local pianists and the Micallef-Inanga Piano Duo.
11am - Cheltenham Town Hall
** PLEASE NOTE CHANGE OF VENUE **
Eric Whitacre - I thank You God for this most amazing day, Hubert Parry - What voice of gladness, Edward Elgar - Go, song of mine, Gustav Mahler arr. Clytus Gottwald - Die zwei blauen Augen, Elizabeth Maconchy - There is no Rose, Hubert Parry - Sorrow and Pain, Richard Strauss - Der Abend, John Joubert - A Hymne to God the Father Gustav Mahler arr. Clytus Gottwald - Ich bin der welt abhanhen gekommen - Howard Skempton - He wishes for the cloths of Heaven, Debussy arr. Clytus Gottwald - Des pas sur la neige, Ralph Vaughan Williams - Three Shakespeare Songs, Full fathom five, The Cloud-capp'd towers, Over hill, over dale, Hubert Parry - Music, when soft voices die
Ralph Allwood conductor
1pm - St John Northgate
Richard Cook. Chigwell School, London.
2pm - St Mary de Lode
Elizabeth Maconchy - Reflections for oboe, clarinet, viola & harp, Ralph Vaughan Williams - Two Blake Songs i) Infant Joy ii) The Pipe. for soprano & oboe, Elizabeth Maconchy - Morning & Noon solo harp, Howard Skempton - New Work for clarinet & viola, Nicola Lefanu - Songs for Jane for Soprano & viola, Elizabeth Maconchy - Night solo harp, Gustav Holst - Two Hymns from The Rig Veda i) To the Waters ii) Hymn of the Travellers, Robin Holloway - Serenade in Db for ob/cor anglais. clarinet, viola & harp
Jinny Shaw oboe/cor anglais Kate Romano clarinets Bridget Carey viola Sally Pryce Harp
2pm - Bishop's Garden
The Festival Players.
4pm - Gloucester Cathedral
Blair in B minor Elgar - Give unto the Lord
7.30pm - Old Palace Garden
The Festival Players
7.45pm - Gloucester Cathedral
Haydn - Trumpet Concerto Walton - Sonata for Strings Haydn - Theresienmesse
With the Festival Chorus and Philharmonia Orchestra.
Crispian Steele-Perkins trumpet Gillian Keith, Frances Bourne, Allan Clayton, Alex Ashworth.
Geraint Bowen conductor
10.15pm - Gloucester Cathedral
A Celebration of the Abolition of the Slave Trade in the British Empire.
‘Spiritual Journey’ is a complete work, written and arranged for Black Voices by Ken Burton. It is a suite of songs mapping the journey of ‘The Spirituals’.
